we've probably hashed this to death

[greencobra]

but how come no one shows any love for .45 acp? yeah, yeah, i get it. some people think the cartridge is obsolete. i don't. i don't mind going against the grain. i like the big heavy bullet lumbering towards it's target with all that kinetic energy. damn! i don't carry it with any regularity, i use to though... and people forget it was a decent and accurate target round. i shot a gold cup for several years in the nra 3 gun matches in boston. much fun, too. i have a ton of respect for the round.

take down power?? 230 gr. lead or jacketed rn ammo going low and slow would save the day, what do you all think? if you care to share a pic of your delivery systems, by all means put the pic up. anything new and different makes the world go around. one of my favorite .45 acp's is the sig 220. a great gun imo. i've had mine 30 years and it's still ticking. a fun gun to shoot, too. so, lets hear from you all.

 

[Cap]

Capacity.

 

[Cap'n Mike]

Recoil and speed of follow up shots.

 

[gerrycaruso]

I shoot more 45acp than all other calibers combined. I have many pistols, revolvers and submachineguns in that caliber. I carry one every day.

 

[Boghog1]

Capacity, recoil, cost, effectiveness of other cartridges etc...

 

[not new guy]

It's just another option - one that's still on the table (and possibly the only one on the table) depending on the gun in question.

 

[Cur]

I'll buy capacity, and cost to a point... but recoil?

I guess I could buy it in a lw pistol, but, eh...

 

[not new guy]

Even the capacity argument is somewhat limited in MA if you're talking about a carry gun, but even still you end up with a gun that's larger overall than a comparable 9mm.

 

[StevieP]

my 1911 is in steady rotation for range days.

9mm semi
.38/.357 revolver
1911 .45ACP
1911 w/ .22LR conversion

then back to 9mm, or the rifle side of the range

I just need more range days

 

[Animal357]

45 is the best mainstream cartridge other than the magnums, but 9mm has nearly the same performance and higher capacity.

I recommend 9mm if high capacity is available, but if capacity is limited, 45.

 

[pinefd]

Once the weather gets a little warmer, I expect I'll be using a lot more of it (and I'm guessing recoil won't be much of an issue)!

Frank

 

[Cap'n Mike]

I'll buy capacity, and cost to a point... but recoil?

Try shoot against a timer with a red dot.

.45 will cause the dot to leave the window and take longer to get back on target.
With 9mm the dot stays in the window and follow up shots are quicker.
If you are trying to be really fast you put a compensator on your 9mm to limit recoil even more.

 

[Matt_SERE]

.45 ACP

View: https://youtu.be/SKp1HKM_4TY?t=12

 

[Wickedcoolname]

I'd have to take an inventory, but off the top of my head I'd say I have 12 guns chambered in .45acp.

 

[silversquirrel]

Lots of us like .45.
But we don't talk about it so that we don't get shit on by 9mm high cap snobs.
Ain't worth the effort to argue.

 

[whatluck]

best round on the market is .30 super carry

 

[Rockrivr1]

I’m a 45 ACP fan and even shot it in USPSA for a couple years. 45 ACP and 1911s go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly!

 

[not new guy]

best round on the market is .30 super carry

Is it spelled "super" or did they end up going with the phonetic spelling "thuper"?

 

[In God We Trust]

Recoil and speed of follow up shots.

I don’t notice any significant difference between -45 ACP and 9mm in recoil. I actually shoot .45 better at the range. I can nail steel at 100 yards with my stock Glock 21.

I normally carry a 9mm just because those tend to be the best CC size pistols. I do have a smallish 45 I throw in the mix once in a while

 

[whatluck]

Is it spelled "super" or did they end up going with the phonetic spelling "thuper"?

 

[bdb]

I do shoot more 9mm but only because the only .45 I had were 1911's. I wanted to shoot more .45 (I have way more reloads left in .45ACP than 9mm) so I went out a few weeks ago and grabbed a Gen5 Glock 21 MOS. No way I am going to pay for 13 round prebans but even with 10 rounds I like shooting it. I put a leftover Vortex Viper on it for now but may upgrade to something newer. Side note is it's a bitch picking up basic parts for the Gen5 G21's. I normally throw Lone Wolf barrels in my 9mm Glocks but I found out this week they do not have any barrels yet for a Gen 5 G21. I managed to find most of the other little parts I was looking for but took some digging.

 

[Chevyman35]

 

[VetteGirlMA]

I love my 1911 and I love 45acp. Just like my carry gun I can get on target and stay on target. To me that's all that matters in a firearm that I end up liking.

 

[Sf Becket]

It’s a great round, beats 9mm all day long. That being said I don’t carry one anymore…I find the smaller concealable 45 pistols have a lot of recoil…the nice shooters like a Colt Officer’s are too much of an anchor to me

 

[Dadstoys]

.45 master race checking in.

 

[Buck F]

I love .45, there's nothing more that I enjoy shooting than a 1911, but the pistol takedown/stopping power argument is largely moot until you get to the larger bore calibers starting in 4 or 5. I don't have the reference but I recall reading an FBI chart that showed it took the same average number of shots (3.something) to disable someone with the commonly available pistol calibers from .380 to .45ACP. If knock down power is out of the picture then you go with capacity, price, availability, etc. 9 seems to be the sweet spot when it comes to the number of gun options, availability, price & capacity. 9 is a relatively anemic caliber but let's be honest, .45 isn't knocking anyone down either. A handgun is useful for getting to your rifle and because you can walk around w/ one concealed in your pants, that's about it IMO.

 

[45Badger]

Capacity.

If you can’t solve your problems with 7 or 8 rounds of 230gr, you’ve made a lot of bad decisions and your problems are too big

 

[jkelly1229]

I love .45, there's nothing more that I enjoy shooting than a 1911, but the pistol takedown/stopping power argument is largely moot until you get to the larger bore calibers starting in 4 or 5. I don't have the reference but I recall reading an FBI chart that showed it took the same average number of shots (3.something) to disable someone with the commonly available pistol calibers from .380 to .45ACP. If knock down power is out of the picture then you go with capacity, price, availability, etc. 9 seems to be the sweet spot when it comes to the number of gun options, availability, price & capacity. 9 is a relatively anemic caliber but let's be honest, .45 isn't knocking anyone down either. A handgun is useful for getting to your rifle and because you can walk around w/ one concealed in your pants, that's about it IMO.

Um my sign in my garage states .45 since shooting twice is silly

So... yeah it's got stopping power

 

[Buck F]

If you can’t solve your problems with 7 or 8 rounds of 230gr, you’ve made a lot of bad decisions and your problems are too big

Same could be said of 124gr...

 

[Buck F]

Um my sign in my garage states .45 since shooting twice is silly

So... yeah it's got stopping power

If the sign in your garage says so, then that settles it!